ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research has asked the government to abolish gas infrastructure development cess (GIDC) collected …
Pakistan warned against deadly wheat pest
ISLAMABAD: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) has cautioned Pakistan to take steps to protect its crops from …
Islamic banks offer refinance facilities including Agriculture
KARACHI: The central bank has given the go-ahead to Islamic banks which can now offer cheaper refinancing to three priority areas …
UVAS Pattoki Campus sets up drip irrigation plant
PATTOKI – Just 82 kilometers off to Lahore, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Pattoki Campus has set up …
Nespak’s role in water resources development and dam engineering
Amid the threat that the next wars would be fought over water, the importance of water is increasing with every …
6 steps to improve your fertiliser use efficiency
An average of 40% of the nitrogen fertiliser applied to crops isn’t utilised and could be lost. However, by making …
Drip Irrigation promises massive potential to save water
Nestlé Waters Senior Vice President and Head of Technical, Peter Hagmann, inaugurated a site near Sheikhupura under Nestlé Pakistan’s Agricultural …
Urea off-take expected to increase
LAHORE : According to the provisional off-takes for the month of Jan 2019, the urea sale is likely to go …
Water shortages put agriculture sector under pressure: State Bank
KARACHI: Water shortages resulted in decline of area under cultivation and production of mainly cotton and rice in the country …
Industry rules out expected relief in urea price
Islamabad – Disagreeing with the finance minister’s claim that the GIDC reduction will help cut the urea prices by Rs …
800MW dam to supply 13.32mcm water to Peshawar
PESHAWAR – Mohmand Dam, a multidimensional hydropower project of Federal Government, will supply around 13.32 million cubic meter clean drinking …